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vir·gin (vʉr′jən)
noun
- a woman, esp. a young woman, who has never had sexual intercourse
- an unmarried girl or woman
- a man, esp. a youth, who has never had sexual intercourse
- Informal a person who is entirely new to or inexperienced in a specified thing: a stock market virgin
- Zool.
- a female animal that has not copulated
- a female insect that lays eggs without impregnation by the male
Origin: ME < OFr virgine < L virgo (gen. virginis), maiden: ? akin to virga, slender branch, twig, shoot
adjective
- being a virgin
- composed of virgins
- characteristic of or proper to a virgin; chaste; modest
- like or suggesting a virgin because untouched, unmarked, pure, clean, etc.: virgin snow
- up to this time unused, unexplored, unworked, undiscovered, etc.: a virgin forest
- occurring uncombined in its native form: virgin silver
- being the first; initial: a virgin effort
- obtained from the first pressing, without the use of heat: said of an oil, esp. olive oil
- obtained directly from an ore or raw material: said esp. of a metal
- made without alcohol: said of a drink otherwise prepared like a cocktail: a virgin piña colada
vir·gin (vûrˈjĭn)
noun- A person who has not experienced sexual intercourse.
- A chaste or unmarried woman; a maiden.
- An unmarried woman who has taken religious vows of chastity.
- Virgin The Virgin Mary.
- Zoology A female insect or other arthropod that produces fertile eggs without copulating.
- Of, relating to, or being a virgin; chaste.
- Being in a pure or natural state; unsullied: virgin snow.
- Unused, uncultivated, or unexplored: virgin territory.
- Existing in native or raw form; not processed or refined.
- Happening for the first time; initial.
- Obtained directly from the first pressing: virgin olive oil.
- Zoology Producing fertile eggs without copulating.
Origin: Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virgō, virgin-.
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